Biography

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

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Episodes

1. Abbott and Costello

2. Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union

3. Adam & Eve: Lost Innocence

4. Admiral Chester Nimitz: Thunder of the Pacific

5. Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler

6. Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention

7. Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler

A history of the case

8. Annie Oakley: Crack Shot in Petticoats

9. Audie Murphy: Great American Hero

10. Confucius: Words of Wisdom

11. Conrad Hilton: Innkeeper to the World

12. David and Goliath: A Biblical Battle

13. Edward VIII: The Traitor King

14. Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth

15. Fidel Castro: El Comandante

16. Hatfields & McCoys: An American Feud

17. Henry VIII: Scandals of a King

18. Jeffrey Dahmer: The Monster Within

19. John F. Kennedy Jr.: Child of a Dream

20. John Paul Jones: Captain of the High Seas

The exploits of the Continental Navy's greatest captain, John Paul Jones (1747-92), are recalled. The Scot's boast, “I have not yet begun to fight!” became an inspiration to future generations of American sailors. Included: involvement in the American Revolution; the famous 1779 battle between Jones' Bonhomme Richard and HMS Serapis.